Results 301-320 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: It should not be done as a reaction. Perhaps the Minister's office needs to take a lead role by asking all 31 local authorities whether they have plans in place. Some of them are probably doing it already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Maybe they are not all doing it and maybe they should be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Will we have an idea on figures at that stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: We need to get those numbers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: I asked about the critical emergency plan for south Galway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: I have a number of points. My first concerns the phenomenon of one in a hundred year events now happening every three or four years, the second is environmental concerns about clearing and third is the Government performance in respect of global climate change
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)
Gerry Horkan: On the question of clearing the rivers, there is an environmental view that rivers should not be cleared. Does the Minister have a view on that?
- Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for his contribution and welcome him once again to the House. I welcome the opportunity to speak today on the European Commission’s decision that Ireland provided unlawful state aid to Apple. Fianna Fáil supports the decision to appeal the decision. Providing a competitive, consistent and certain tax policy is a key feature of Ireland’s...
- Seanad: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement: Motion (5 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: I apologise for my voice today, which is not good. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, known as CETA, between the European Union and Canada.Fianna Fáil will not be supporting this motion as we believe an ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement will benefit Ireland in terms of increased jobs and business opportunities for Ireland....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: I am not really sure how I can follow all that. I thank Dr. Roux for his presentation. There is nothing in the section on working towards a solution other than fewer crashes and more enforcement. There does not seem to be anything the Central Bank can do to help. I think we all know that if everybody slows down and has fewer claims and if we got rid of fraud, we would have no claims,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Could Dr. Roux elaborate on what is meant by uneven data management quality and where boards exercise less monitoring and oversight than required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: In terms of the information in table 22, are the statistics on the Irish risk motor business audited by the Central Bank or does the Central Bank accept whatever statistics Insurance Ireland gives it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: They are not figures that the Central Bank interrogates. It accepts the figures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: FBD seems to be the only really Irish motor insurance company. There are the other large five, six or eight companies and we were told there were 22 companies in total, of which 11 are based in Gibraltar. Do the figures in table 22 reflect the total Irish motor insurance business, whether they are incorporated in Gibraltar and supervised by somebody else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Are all 22 companies Irish authorised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: What does Irish authorised-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: So it includes the AIGs which are UK based.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Are they in the figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Of the 22 insurance players in the Irish market, how many are Irish regulated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
Gerry Horkan: Do we know how much of the total market those eight occupy?